low body temperature SCREAMS low thyroid! and TSH alone will not provide that info! TSH only tells you that your pituitary is working all right. (unless your TSH is very low, which would indicate a prob with pituitary). PLEASE have yourself tested for RT3 (reverse t3) and FREE t3 and FREE t4, and ferritin, then post your labs on the yahoo groups I mentioned and arm yourself with as much info as you can. I have seen a few endocrinologists, one of them a top doc in the city and none of my docs were as well versed as the folks on STTM (Stop the Thyroid Madness) and the yahoo groups. Those groups and the book provided me with a guide. As I am adhering to that guide I am feeling soooo much better!Frustrating thing is, I've been asking my endo for cytomel for a loooong time and he did not think I need it. Well, the proof is in the pudding: I got myself off levoxyl, onto cytomel and am doing soooo much better! So much for the white coat...

No, just iodine itself. I'm assuming this fucus plus has iodine in it? Maybe sometime I'll check it out. What other benefits does it have?

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Yeah, I'm taking an adrenal supplement currently. I just started it. I guess there may be a connection?

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25 mcg. cytomel is a typical starting dose. You may find these sites helpful in tweaking your doses, and info on how cytomel affects you when you are not properly supported adrenally. what symptoms to look out for if you're on low/high dose, etc. Lots of usefull info.

I think I feel a little better, but I'm getting over having a terrible flu and I'm on a new drug for my heart arrhythmia. So I have no clue. I'm all messed up. I guess we'll see. It does seem to be helping some.

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I take cal mag chela max. It probably helps, but it still happens every once in a while.

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